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Excerpt from Field Return of Seventh Cavalry “In the Field,” Commanded by Colonel James W. Forsyth, for the Month of December, 1890
As required by Army Regulations, the 7th Cavalry submitted its monthly return on the last day of December, two days after the battle on Wounded Knee Creek and the day after the battle on White Clay Creek near the Drexel … Continue reading
Col. Forsyth’s Official Reports of Actions at Wounded Knee
…the bucks made a break, which at once resulted in terrific fire and a hot fight lasting about twenty minutes, followed by skirmish firing of about one hour. Colonel James William Forsyth, the fifty-six-year-old commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 